One-two. one-two. Senior dancers lined up in white shirts and black pants, swaying to classic polka music at Pioneer Hall at the Iowa State Fair. The first song, "Harvest Time Schottische," instantly ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The polka chinata, in which two men whirl together in a crouch, is revived in a dance by Alessandro Sciarroni, coming to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Two dancers doing polka chinata, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In the 1960s, it was the twist; in the ’20s, the Charleston. But these fads were mere blips on ...

Jimi Jimi Jimi (in red vest) leads Cathryn Polsfuss during a polka dancing class at Tapestry Folk Dance Center in Minneapolis. — Photos: The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS What kind of person can coax shy ...

to the local PBS channel. About five members answered phones at the WVIA studio in Pittston on a Saturday evening during a membership drive designed to save the “Pennsylvania Polka” program. The polka ...